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I’ve been quiet for a while, so I wanted to pop in and give
a quick status update for Fanboy News Network.

Back in mid-June, I put the podcast and the site on hiatus
while my wife and I sold our house. We completed the move and started getting
things set up again, but life threw some complications at us. So now, several
months later, I am taking stock of what I want to do with the site.

When I stopped writing articles for FNN in 2015, I thought it
would be temporary. But the new job I started did not leave me with the time or
the brain bandwidth for writing. That has changed. So, my immediate goal is to begin
writing articles again. Site statistics show a lot of traffic on those older articles
and they are the main way that new people discover the site. If all goes to
plan, expect to see the articles start again by mid-March. As before, the
articles will be a mix of current events in geek culture, media reviews, and
examining the foundations of geek culture.

Daniel and I still intend to bring the podcast back. Our challenge
is that we now live an hour apart, instead of 15 minutes. We are looking at the
logistics and once we have figured it out, we will bring the podcast back. The
podcast will continue to center on recent events in geek culture.

I will also introduce a new feature to the site soon: videos.
With help from my friends at The
Video Nasty Project, I will start to make videos in a studio we are setting
up in my house. These videos will focus on the early movies that formed the
foundation of modern geek culture with the occasional side series and
commentary. Expect this series to start by early summer.

I look at Fanboy News Network as a labor of love. I do it
and will keep working on it because it brings me joy to do so. But as a wise man
once said, “If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” To that end, I
am finally working on setting up a Patreon account. Expect to see that go live
around the same time as the videos.

If you want to keep up with what I have been doing during
the hiatus, check out The
Video Nasty Project where I am a regular reviewer. I also pop in from time
to time as a guest commentator on the podcast Don’t Read the Latin.

It’s the beginning of a new year. Since the podcast last week covered the old year, let’s take this time to look ahead to what I hope for 2015.

I am happy with the articles for Fanboy News Network itself; I had some health and work issues towards the end of the year that meant updates were a little spotty, but overall I am happy and I need to accept that (as a primarily one man operation) I will miss updates from time to time.

For the podcast, I need to work on a couple of things. One is an equipment upgrade; I need to get a mixing board and an additional mic for when I go out in the field. Sadly I cannot afford these things right now, but I’ll keep an eye open to see if a solution presents itself. The other thing is that I need to cultivate bringing in more people who want to participate with the show. My best episodes are ones where I interact with other people. I’m not sure if that means finding a regular co-host, or just convincing more people I know to come on.

I also need to do some rearranging around my home to create a better recording environment.

So right now I am going to state that for 2015 my goal is to have two articles written each month to go up on every other Monday, with at least one podcast to fill in one of the other Mondays.

I do not want to increase the amount of writing I do as I have another project I need to double down on.

I am currently in the middle of writing a six episode audio-play. I want to finish those and start working on producing the show. If you want to follow the development of this show I will be covering it on my Tumblr.

I also need to take time to see if Patreon is something that I can use to help develop this site more.

One final goal is that I need to work on improving my skills and overall profile so that in 2016 I can start feeling comfortable submitting myself as a pro (and press) to conventions and start doing more there.

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What is the site about.

This site is an exploration of Geek Culture, featuring reviews, commentary,videos, podcasts and other geeky nonsense

About Me

I am a longtime fan of science fiction, fantasy, comic books, gaming and a podcasting enthusiast. Also a former Employee of Wizards of the Coast, and one of the founding members of the Camarilla Fan organization. In addition to my work here I am a reviewer on the Youtube series The Video Nasty Project and a frequent contributor to the horror movie podcast Don't Read the Latin.
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Email: Caliban@fanboynewsnetwork.com
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